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FPGAhackeron Use Git tactically

In my opinion, commits aren't a record of why. They are a record of what. Commit messages a shorthand of what for easier skimming.

Comments answer why (and even 'what' is fine if the code is difficult.)

But simple rules like that always have exceptions.

FPGAhackeron Hand-optimizing the TCC code generator

I thought maybe it was there to set or clear flags.

FPGAhackeron Running GUI apps within Docker containers

I've used xquartz for this on macOS in the past.

FPGAhackeron Running GUI apps within Docker containers

the vnc solution was one of several presented in the article. The second was using the host x11 server by sharing the socket.

FPGAhackeron Why we need Lisp machines

I have had this thought. Jokes about needing a good editor aside, I wondered about making a unikernal that bootstraps enough to start emacs.

The issue I see with the idea of lisp-all-the-way-down is that most people don’t want to write filesystems and device drivers. I know I don’t. I mean I find them fascinating, but I usually have a specific app I want to write. I don’t want to write device drivers on my way there.

FPGAhackeron Verilog Is Weird

The main point of verilog is to simulate digital logic, of which flip flops are just one part.

As to the second point, you can do exactly what you said, instantiate a SystemVerilog “AXI bus” interface and connect things to it. With the interface being a single line item in the port map. This comes with its own set of headaches and I’m not always sure it’s worth it.

FPGAhackeron Some tiny personal programs I've written

What is a citizens’ bureau?

FPGAhackeron Cormac McCarthy’s tips on how to write a great science paper (2019)

I agree with your sentiment, however the author suggested minimizing. Not eliminating.

FPGAhackeron Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson

He actually has a section on his website with suggestions for where to start.

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/where-do-i-start/

FPGAhackeron Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson

Seconded. I struggled with the way of kings having just finished a memory of light. Couldn’t get brain to accept the shift in gears.

But I came years later and found the series quite good and very enjoyable.

FPGAhackeron Two new ways of extracting lithium from brine

What happens after they eat the metal? Are the microbes easier to filter out than the metal?

FPGAhackeron FPGA Interchange format to enable interoperable FPGA tooling

> I'm not quite sure I'm parsing this right but I thought FPGAs were pretty widely used.

They are very widely used. Some iPhones used an FPGA. iPhone 7 had a small lattice FPGA. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone+7+Teardown/67382

FPGAhackeron Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act

https://history.house.gov/Institution/Presidents-Coinciding/...

“Since 1857, the government has been unified 47 times, 22 under Democratic control and 25 under Republican control”

Not entertaining arguments about so and so party isn’t of this or that wing.

FPGAhackeron Christopher Walken on Acting Like Christopher Walken

Nailed it.

FPGAhackeron Koenigsegg's Tiny Electric Motor Makes 335 HP and 443 LB-FT of Torque

I didn't see any graphs in units of hp or ft-lbs. Do you have a link?

FPGAhackeron A UX designer walks into a Tesla Bar

I think this sort of thing would be nice for replacing the Touch Bar on previous generation Macs with a row of changable keys.

I don't think it solves the problem of touch screens in cars though. The benefit of dedicated physical buttons in a car isn't just that they are physical. It's that you can use them without having to look at them. If you don't know what the button does (because it's changeable) then you can no longer simply use it without looking.

It's probably still better than a pure touch screen though.

FPGAhackeron Long-lost sphinxes of Egyptian king Amenhotep III unearthed at Luxor

Sphinxers

FPGAhackeron Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia

It’s a mark against you being a good candidate. Doesn’t mean you can’t get it.

I had dry eyes post surgery. First 6 months I was miserable. Had to put goop on my eyes at night the viscosity of Vaseline. Felt like years before I got to a normal state.

It’s been about 16 years. I wear glasses again, but I can get by without. Still occasionally have dry eyes.

FPGAhackeron An old photo of a large BBS

Takes me back. I remember most of the bbses I connected to only had a couple lines. I’d set my terminal program to redial and go watch tv waiting to connect.

FPGAhackeron Ask HN: Who has moved from the U.S. to Europe?

I don’t know how much of the US you experienced, but LA is hardly representative of the country.

FPGAhackeron 5.16 Kernel Development Statistics

Greg Kroah-Hartman has this video on writing and submitting your first kernel patch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4

I thought I remembered an article about this too but I couldn't find it.

edit: looks like sibling post by Decabytes might have it.

FPGAhackeron Yesterday, US grounded all planes on the west coast for ten minutes

I’m just wondering what our air travel has to do with a missile attack. Maybe a concern that our anti-missle defense would hit a aircraft?

FPGAhackeron Yesterday, US grounded all planes on the west coast for ten minutes

I’m not sure what possible risk there was to our aircraft. Specifically from a missile launch in NK.

I’m not saying there are no risks, but I can’t think of any.

FPGAhackeron I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months

There is nothing worse than being laughed at in an interview.

FPGAhackeron Why might you run your own DNS server?

> Why'd I exempt my apple tv from the pi-hole? I don't want to screw things up when my wife or visitors are watching tv :)

Very wise. There are a lot of cool things I’d like to setup, but keeping things simple for guests and spouses matters.

FPGAhackeron A Survey of Programmers' Cannabis Usage, Perception, and Motivation

It all depends. I knew a grower in Oregon. They got into growing to provide for chronic pain sufferers (frequently fibromyalgia) since it is more difficult to get prescription pain medication in the US than marijuana.

FPGAhackeron Death by Coconut

https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/V00-Y99/V95-V97/V95-...

This was the closest I found.

"Spacecraft explosion injuring occupant, initial encounter"

FPGAhackeron Opening a 50-year-old Christmas present from the Moon

It’s an allusion to the time of the year.

FPGAhackeron Ikea Vindriktning Air Quality Sensor Review and Accuracy

> Green: 0-35 /Good + Low

> Amber: 36-85/OK + Medium

> Red: 86- /Not good + High

I absolutely despise this pattern. You could not pick a worse set of colors for the most common form of color blindness.

FPGAhackeron How to use dig

Missed an opportunity to call it dug [1]. Well, maybe not “missed.”

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_Dug